Expectorant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Promoting or facilitating the secretion or expulsion of phlegm, mucus, or other matter from the respiratory tract.
  • n. An expectorant medicine.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or promoting expectoration.
  • n. Something, as a drug, which promotes or facilitates expectoration.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a medicine promoting expectoration
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    medication    medicinal drug    medicament    medicine   
    Cross Reference
    expectorate   
    Hyponym
    robitussin   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antiphlogistic    antirheumatic    analgesic    antiemetic    carminative    aperient    antibacterial    antipyretic    antiseptic    bitterish   
     
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